The Rise & Fall of Disney’s Pleasure Island

Explore the History of Pleasure Island, Disney's first (and only) Adult Entertainment District, as well as the troubled History & Origins of Downtown Disney (now Disney Springs), which began as an abandoned Residential Community in preparation for Walt Disney's EPCOT.

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PRIMARY INFORMATIONAL / VISUAL SOURCES:

Passport2Dreams - http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2016/06/lake-buena-vista-and-shaping-orlando.html

http://progresscityusa.com/2011/10/31/lake-buena-vista-chronicles-selling-the-magic-1972/

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2011/4/14/lake-buena-vista-the-other-prototype-city-with-a-peoplemover.html

https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20161225/32361/how-walt-disney-called-his-shot-disney-springs

https://waltdatedworld.com/id121.htm

http://passport2dreams.blogspot.com/2012/07/lake-buena-vistas-lost-crescent-city.html

https://allears.net/2013/02/18/saratoga-springs-lake-buena-vista-and-the-disney-institute-part-one/


VIDEO LINKS in Order of Appearance (the rest are continued in a pinned comment & included in the end credits):

The Imagineering Story - What Would Walt Do, The Midas touch, Hit or Miss - The Walt Disney Company

The Florida Project - RetroWDW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEm-09B0px8 - Disney

Project Florida 1971 - RetroWDW.com - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTxG8NOORdM - Disney

Florida Welcomes Walt Disney (1965) - ProgressCityPublicTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-jPLRGP4I

1975 Lake Buena Vista Home Movie - RetroWDW.com - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDi2hNH9Qn0

https://www.retrowdw.com/lbvhs/lake-buena-vista-townhomes-brochure-1972/

Disneyland Remember to Vote - DisneyD23 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwHr2C2m9nE

Disneyland PSA Snow White Seven Dwarfs Remember To Vote - Surf's Up Studios California USA - http://www.SurfsUpStudios.com

Magic Kingdom Club 1980 Update - RetroWDW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPDsDgeeveg

Contemporary Resort and Lake Buena Vista - RetroWDW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhcIC1Mx73k

A Day at the Magic Kingdom - Central Florida Sights and Sounds - Disney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_UMBiAscKM

A Day at Epcot Center - Central Florida Sights and Sounds - Disney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVFO9ZJ612I

Wet N Wild commercial - Televisionarchives - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7IUuoFlQb4

Seaworld Commercial - member berries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnGy5778PEI

Church Street Station photo - Orlando Retro - https://orlandoretro.com/category/retro-lists/

Church Street Station Marketing Video - Kim F - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP8q7C6uM1I

Young Again 1986 ABC Disney Sunday Movie Opening - MemoryMuseum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ProA5SOIfWA

Bookkeeping and Accounting (1945) - A/V Geeks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyXkZQnLyJM

Hurricane Connie News Report - https://archive.org/details/1955-08-15_Storm_Havoc

Walt Disney World Coming Attractions - ProgressCityPublicTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l8nuTPDNRM

Splash, Too - ThomTheTailman - Disney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-g1mrPpwxc

The Making of Disney-MGM-Studios - ProgressCityPublicTV - Disney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBTsFHtJtg8

Disney’s Pleasure Island Opens in 1989 - Universal / NBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9AFn5gjjQo

Disney Pleasure Island Info Video from 1990 - ommadawnfan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sdhkvmGEOg

https://www.retrowdw.com/pictorial-souvenir/wdw-dining-recreation-entertainment/pleasure-island/

1995 Walt Disney World Vacation Planning Video - InteractiveWDW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAweukIGL4

Adventurers Club Colonel Critchlow Sunchbench - Lake Buena Vista Historical Society - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk3Kmcrmf2w

Walt Disney World Adventurers Club at Pleasure Island - May 28, 1992 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_yLVXsdmmM

WDW 1993 Vacation Planner - ResortTV1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKCfudEgns8

WDW Resort Information Channel - May 1992 - RetroWDW.com - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfX58oRztKA

Pleasure Island 1991 - Pluto ParkingTV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMwUBS3mFig&t

Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island *Walt Disney World* May 1993 - Vintage Disney Parks Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTpfibOKhOs&t

Disney Village Marketplace and Pleasure Island, FL (Aug 1990) - Theme Park Patrol - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvzLmpnV55E&t

Mardi Gras Parade *Pleasure Island Downtown Disney* Walt Disney World * February 1998 - Vintage Disney Parks Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5tesq4v1AE